OPHRYDEjE—SERAPIADINjE— ORCHIS 191 



Two plants only were found by Mr St Quintin in a field near the sea-cliffs at Buckton, 

 Flamborough, Yorks., on June 15th, 1918, growing amongst 0. e/odes, of wliich they 

 were twice the size. About half a mile away in a marshy hollow was a colony of 

 O. incarnata. 



ORCHIS INCARNATA X PRiETERMISSA 



PI. G, fig. 4 



It much resembles 0. pra-termssa, of which it has the pale lilac flowers whitish at 

 the throat, and more distinctly 3-lobed lip with dotted markings, but the erect 

 yellowish green hooded leaves, narrow cylindrical spike, smaller flowers with erect 

 reflexed sepals, and narrower more lozenge-shaped lip point to the part parentage 

 of 0. incarnata. Stem moderately hollow, spur conico-cylindrical, moderately stout. 



Marshy ground with the parents. Rare. I have found it at Frensham, Surrey, 

 and West Drayton, Middlesex. Cothill, Berks. Hambledon, Hants. (B.E.C. p. 157 

 (1917)). Chippenliam, Cambs. (Dr Stephenson, "parents plentiful, hybrids very 

 rare"). Flowers May to June. 



Since the above was written Mr P. M. Hall showed me this hybrid in Hants. Its 

 general appearance was that of 0. praterniissa, but the smaller flowers with narrow 

 wedge-shaped rather more deeply lobed lip struck the eye. The parentage of O. incar- 

 nata was shown by the long erect yellow-green leaves with a slight concavity at the 

 tip, the narrow cylindrical spike, the long somewhat incurved bracts, the erect back- 

 to-back sepals (in some flowers), the narrow lip with sometimes a tendency towards 

 the pattern of 0. incarnata, and the stout spur with a gaping mouth. It was going 

 over, while 0. pratermissa was only in early flower (June 13th) (PI. G, fig. 4). 



ORCHIS INCARNATA var. PULCHELLA x PRiETERMISSA 



A very handsome hybrid found by the author in Winchester water-meadows on 

 June 19th, 1919. The parentage of O. incarnata was suggested by the very hollow 

 stem, the erect hooded yellow-green unspotted leaves, the purple-tinged bracts 

 exceeding the flowers and buds, the erect reflexed spotted sepals, the deflexed side- 

 lobes making the lip appear lozenge-shaped, and the conspicuous bright red-purple 

 markings (loops enclosing interrupted lines) on a bright violet ground, wliich are 

 suggestive of the \2x.pulcheUa. The influence oi prcetermissa is indicated by the dense 

 pyramidal spike, the larger flowers, and the broad side-lobes of the lip. Another 

 specimen was nearer to incarnata, the lip being longer, narrower and more lozenge- 

 shaped. Another had similar lips, but the markings consisted entirely of dots and 

 dashes, and covered the whole lip, closely resembling those of tj^ic?! pratermissa. 



